An Iron Cross First Class; 1957 Issue Auction padded with a mesh backer

padded with a mesh backer

with the Sergeant and one or two others

Lieutenant Laurence Ormsby Pearce (189007)

Army Commendation Medal (three bronze oak clusters on ribbon)

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An Iron Cross First Class; 1957 Issue Auction padded with a mesh backerSilvered, non magnetic, unmarked, 43. 7 mm, very fine quality, traces of paint chipping on the upper arm, extremely fine. Footnote: These de nazified awards were issued by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957 for Veterans wear, as Second World War awards were not allowed to be worn. They were awarded only to German Veterans entitled to such awards during the War. Production of these awards ceased in 1986.